Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو أَیُّوبَ عَنِ الْوَصَّافِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: فِیمَا نَاجَی بِهِ اللَّهُ مُوسَی ع عَلَی الطُّورِ أَنْ یَا مُوسَی أَبْلِغْ قَوْمَکَ أَنَّهُ مَا یَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَیَّ الْمُتَقَرِّبُونَ بِمِثْلِ الْبُکَاءِ مِنْ خَشْیَتِی وَ مَا تَعَبَّدَ إِلَیَّ الْمُتَعَبِّدُونَ بِمِثْلِ الْوَرَعِ عَنْ مَحَارِمِی وَ لَا تَزَیَّنَ لِیَ الْمُتَزَیِّنُونَ بِمِثْلِ الزُّهْدِ فِی الدُّنْیَا عَمَّا بِهِمُ الْغِنَی عَنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ مُوسَی ع یَا أَکْرَمَ الْأَکْرَمِینَ فَمَا ذَا أَثَبْتَهُمْ عَلَی ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ یَا مُوسَی أَمَّا الْمُتَقَرِّبُونَ إِلَیَّ بِالْبُکَاءِ مِنْ خَشْیَتِی فَهُمْ فِی الرَّفِیقِ الْأَعْلَی لَا یُشَارِکُهُمْ فِیهِ أَحَدٌ وَ أَمَّا الْمُتَعَبِّدُونَ إِلَیَّ بِالْوَرَعِ مِنْ مَحَارِمِی فإن [فَإِنِّی] أُفَتِّشُ النَّاسَ عَلَی أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَ لَا أُفَتِّشُهُمْ حَیَاءً مِنْهُمْ وَ أَمَّا الْمُتَقَرِّبُونَ إِلَیَّ بِالزُّهْدِ فِی الدُّنْیَا فَإِنِّی أَمْنَحُهُمُ الْجَنَّهَ بِحَذَافِیرِهَا یتبوءوا [یَتَبَوَّءُونَ] مِنْهَا حَیْثُ شاء [یَشَاءُونَ].

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hassan b. Mahbub who said it was narrated to me by Abu Ayoob’ from al-Wasafi from Abi Ja’far (a.s.) who said: “O Musa! There is no one to receive nearness like those among the near ones who cry out of My fear. There is no worshipper like one who worships Me keeping away from what I have prohibited. There is no one who beautifies Me more than those who abstain because they do not beautify themselves with those things they are independent of.” Musa (a.s.) asked the Lord, “O the Most Merciful of the merciful ones! What is the reward of those people?” Allah replied, “O Musa! Those who seek nearness fearing Me will be with My best friends where no ordinary person can come. I feel ashamed to inquire about the deeds of those who worship Me keeping away from what I have prohibited. One who seeks nearness to Me through abstinence in this world I will grant him every kind of paradise so that he may live wherever he likes.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِی وَلَّادٍ عَنْ مُیَسِّرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْکُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ لَیَمُرُّ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ لَهُ الْمَعْرِفَهُ بِهِ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِ إِلَی النَّارِ وَ الْمَلَکُ یَنْطَلِقُ بِهِ قَالَ فَیَقُولُ یَا فُلَانُ أَغِثْنِی فَقَدْ کُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ إِلَیْکَ الْمَعْرُوفَ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ أُسْعِفُکَ فِی الْحَاجَهِ تَطْلُبُهَا مِنِّی فَهَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِکَ الْیَوْمَ مُکَافَاهٌ فَیَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمَلَکِ الْمُوَکَّلِ بِهِ خَلِّ سَبِیلَهُ قَالَ فلیسمع [فَیَسْمَعُ] اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَیَأْمُرُ الْمَلَکَ أَنْ یُجِیزَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَیُخَلِّیَ سَبِیلَهُ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Abi Walad from Maysar from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “On the day of Judgment, a believer will pass by a person whom he had known in the world. An angel will be appointed to take that person to Hell and he will call out to the believer, ‘Please help me for I had done good to you and fulfilled your desire in the world. Can you repay that good deed of mine today?’ The believer will ask the angels to leave that person. Upon hearing the desire of that believer, Allah will order the angels to obey the believer and leave that person alone.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ آخِرَ عَبْدٍ یُؤْمَرُ بِهِ إِلَی النَّارِ فَیَلْتَفِتُ فَیَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَعْجِلُوهُ فَإِذَا أُتِیَ بِهِ قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدِی لِمَ الْتَفَتَّ فَیَقُولُ یَا رَبِّ مَا کَانَ ظَنِّی بِکَ هَذَا فَیَقُولُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ عَبْدِی وَ مَا کَانَ ظَنُّکَ بِی فَیَقُولُ یَا رَبِّ کَانَ ظَنِّی بِکَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِی خَطِیئَتِی وَ تُدْخِلَنِی جَنَّتَکَ فَیَقُولُ اللَّهُ مَلَائِکَتِی وَ عِزَّتِی وَ جَلَالِی وَ بَلَائِی وَ ارْتِفَاعِ مَکَانِی مَا ظَنَّ بِی هَذَا سَاعَهً مِنْ حَیَاتِهِ خَیْراً قَطُّ وَ لَوْ ظَنَّ بِی سَاعَهً مِنْ حَیَاتِهِ خَیْراً مَا رَوَّعْتُهُ بِالنَّارِ أَجِیزُوا لَهُ کَذِبَهُ وَ أَدْخِلُوهُ الْجَنَّهَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا ظَنَّ عَبْدٌ بِاللَّهِ خَیْراً إِلَّا کَانَ عِنْدَ ظَنِّهِ بِهِ وَ ذَلِکَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ ذلِکُمْ ظَنُّکُمُ الَّذِی ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّکُمْ أَرْداکُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِینَ

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Abdulrahman b. al-Hajjaj from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “If a servant has good expectations from Allah he will be rewarded according to his expectations. And one who expects bad will be meted out according to his ill expectations. This is the meaning of the words of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: And that was your (evil) thought which you entertained about your Lord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so are you become of the lost ones.

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِیَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا نَاصَحَ اللَّهَ عَبْدٌ مُسْلِمٌ فِی نَفْسِهِ فَأَعْطَی الْحَقَّ مِنْهَا وَ أَخَذَ الْحَقَّ لَهَا [إِلَّا] أُعْطِیَ خَصْلَتَیْنِ رِزْقاً مِنَ اللَّهِ یَقْنَعُ بِهِ وَ یَرْضَی مِنَ اللَّهِ بِتَحِیَّتِهِ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Muawiyah from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “No Muslim man cultivates the advices of Allah in himself then gives the rights and recovers the rights; but that he gets two benefits – he will get satisfying sustenance and salvation-giving pleasure of Allah.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنِ اتَّخَذَ خَاتَماً فَصُّهُ عَقِیقٌ لَمْ یَفْتَقِرْ وَ لَمْ یُقْضَ لَهُ إِلَّا بِالَّتِی هِیَ أَحْسَنُ

1. Imam Ridha (a.s.) narrates that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said: “One who wears a cornelian ring on his finger will never be needy and his desires will be fulfilled in the best way.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ عُقْبَهَ عَنْ سَیَابَهَ بْنِ أَیُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحِیمِ الْقَصِیرِ قَالَ: بَعَثَ الْوَالِی إِلَی رَجُلٍ مِنْ آلِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فِی حیاته [جِنَایَهٍ] فَمَرَّ بِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ أَتْبِعُوهُ بِخَاتَمِ عَقِیقٍ قَالَ فَأُتْبِعَ بِخَاتَمِ عَقِیقٍ فَلَمْ یَرَ مَکْرُوهاً.

2. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Ibrahim b. ’Uqba from Sayabeh b. Ayoob’ from Muhammad b. al-Fadhl from Abd al-Raheem al-Qaseer who said: “Give a cornelian ring to him.” The order of Imam was obeyed and a ring was given to him. And because of this, he didn’t have to face any harm from that unjust ruler.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِی جَنُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ [أَبِی] الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ مَجْلُودٌ فَقَالَ أَیْنَ کَانَ خَاتَمُهُ الْعَقِیقُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ کَانَ عَلَیْهِ مَا جُلِدَ.

3. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ali Majluwayh from his uncle Muhammad b. Abi al-Qasim from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from Abi Junub from his father from Umar b. [Abi] al-Miqdam from Abi Ja’far (a.s.) who said: “Where is his cornelian ring? If he had been wearing that, he would not have been lashed.”

وَ رُوِیَ فِی حَدِیثٍ آخَرَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْعَقِیقُ حِرْزٌ فِی السَّفَرِ.

4. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “Cornelian is an amulet in journey.”

حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُوسَی عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ مَزْیَدٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع قَالَ: تَخَتَّمُوا بِالْعَقِیقِ یُبَارِکِ اللَّهُ عَلَیْکُمْ وَ تَکُونُوا فِی أَمْنٍ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ.

5. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, “Keep a cornelian ring in your hand so that Allah gives you abundance and you remain safe from calamities.”

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: شَکَا رَجُلٌ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّهُ قُطِعَ عَلَیْهِ الطَّرِیقُ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلَّا تَخَتَّمْتَ بِالْعَقِیقِ فَإِنَّهُ یُحْرَزُ مِنْ کُلِّ سُوءٍ وَ فِی حَدِیثٍ آخَرَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع مَنْ تَخَتَّمَ بِالْعَقِیقِ لَمْ یَزَلْ یَنْظُرُ الْحُسْنَی مَا دَامَ فِی یَدِهِ وَ لَمْ یَزَلْ عَلَیْهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَاقِیَهٌ.

6. And from the previous chain who said: “Why didn’t you wear a cornelian ring? It protects one from all evils?”